Independent inactivation of arginine decarboxylase genes by nonsense and missense mutations led to pseudogene formation in <it>Chlamydia trachomatis </it>serovar L2 and D strains
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chlamydia have reduced genomes that reflect their obligately parasitic lifestyle. Despite their different tissue tropisms, chlamydial strains share a large number of common genes and have few recognized pseudogenes, indicating genomi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/166 |